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Fire Rating

What state are you in

What building code and year

Fire sprinkler system??

Stand alone building or part of another ?

What do you do for a living???? Biggest question

Oh and welcome !
 
it's a stand alone building, ibc 2015 and the illustration is from one of the exam questions that i don't have the answer for.
 
It's an interactive exam where one of the walls need to be chosen. I'm trying to understand what would be the reason if the wall between kitchen and restaurant need to be fire rated. Isn't kitchen is considered part of the restaurant occupancy? Similarly for the f&b storage as well. Does the size of the kitchen matter? Is there a code provision dictating this?
 
ssan5149 said:
It's an interactive exam where one of the walls need to be chosen. I'm trying to understand what would be the reason if the wall between kitchen and restaurant need to be fire rated. Isn't kitchen is considered part of the restaurant occupancy? Similarly for the f&b storage as well. Does the size of the kitchen matter? Is there a code provision dictating this?
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There is the right way, the wrong way,

And than there is the Answer on the test way.


Like we have said not enough info

Sometimes I have seen rated between the kitchen B in the old days and dining A

Or between the storeroom S and the dining A
 
ssan5149 said:
It's an interactive exam where one of the walls need to be chosen. I'm trying to understand what would be the reason if the wall between kitchen and restaurant need to be fire rated. Isn't kitchen is considered part of the restaurant occupancy? Similarly for the f&b storage as well. Does the size of the kitchen matter? Is there a code provision dictating this?
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Yes with more info , there are code previsions chapter 5 of IBC table 508.4
 
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